STS-101

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STS-101
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 2000-027A
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 26368
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 11218.7 kg


STS 101 was an American shuttle craft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 10:11 UT. The main mission was to carry out repairs and upgrades to the International Space Station (ISS): to replace four of the six solar charged batteries on the Zarya module, to stabilize a wobbly 3-meter construction crane that was installed during an earlier shuttle mission, to complete the installation of a partially installed Russian 15-meter crane on the Zarya module, to replace a faulty communications antenna, to boost by 32 km the altitude of the station which has been loosing 2.4 km/week, to deliver a ton of food, fuel and supplies to the station, and prepare the station for the arrival of the Russian service module, Zvezda, in mid-July. All objectives were implemented and STS 101 landed back in Cape Canaveral at 06:20 UT on 29 May.


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